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After some heavy hints and with limited pre-sales underway, OnePlus has confirmed that the new Nord smartphone will be revealed on 21st July in an AR (augmented reality) extravaganza. GNC readers with long memories will remember that the OnePlus Two was launched in VR – I still have the headset – so with Covid-19 still present in many countries around the world, it made sense to launch the Nord online and in the safety of their own homes.
“OnePlus Nord represents a new beginning for OnePlus, giving us an opportunity to share our technology with more people around the world,” said Paul Yu, Head of OnePlus Nord. “For this launch, we want everyone to sit back, relax, and experience our new phone for the first time right in the comfort of their living room. We feel that introducing Nord in a more personal and intimate way perfectly reflects our ambition to make the OnePlus experience more accessible to users.”
The OnePlus Nord AR launch can be experienced through the OnePlus Nord AR App available on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The launch event will take place at 1600 CEST/ 1500 BST.
Download the OnePlus Nord AR app from your preferred app provider.
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On the day, watch the Nord AR event using the AR App. Just open it up at launch time and make sure you’ve got a good fast connection.
For more details on the Nord and the second episode in the “New Beginnings” series, check out OnePlus’ dedicated Nord mini-site.
And while we’re talking OnePlus news, the OnePlus 8 Pro was voted the Best Smartphone 2020 in the European Hardware Awards. Way to go.


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- Coinbase said spot Bitcoin ETFs open the door for new entrants to deploy capital into crypto.
- The exchange has no plans to lower its fees, despite uber-low fees from traditional finance rivals.
- “The primary way we’ll monetise is through custody fees," Coinbase told DL News.
With the SEC’s final blessing, crypto’s Bitcoin ETF era has begun. And so has a fee war among issuers like BlackRock and Fidelity.
As for Coinbase, notorious for its high fees, it says it’s not worried about the new competition from Wall Street.
Market participants have eagerly awaited the introduction of spot Bitcoin ETFs for over a decade.
Many expect the funds to bring an influx of new cash, and Coinbase agrees.
“The spot ETFs will be additive to the crypto market and Coinbase,” a spokesperson told DL News via email.
Bitcoin ETFs “open the door for new entrants like wealth platforms, IRAs and tax advantaged accounts to deploy capital into crypto through a familiar wrapper, which previously couldn’t engage,” the spokesperson said.
Issuers, including BlackRock, Fidelity, and Ark Invest, have already engaged in a price war as issuers jostle for investors.
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest will charge zero fees for the first year, while BlackRock is offering 0.12% for the same period, and rising to 0.25% after that.
Coinbase isn’t worried about competition, despite analysts questioning the exchange’s high retail transaction fees.
Coinbase doesn’t disclose its basic retail fees, but the retail take rate — which is measured by dividing trading revenue on the exchange by retail trading volume — was around 2.5% in the third quarter.
The exchange also offers advanced trading options where users can pay 0.6% on trades up to $10,000.
“Coinbase currently has no plans to reduce transaction fees due to the introduction of ETFs,” the spokesperson told DL News.
The exchange said that spot ETFs “will be a positive catalyst for the entire crypto space, adding credibility, increasing liquidity, and bringing new participants and institutions into the cryptoeconomy.”
The ETFs could bring new users into crypto, Coinbase said, and going forward these users will “want to engage more with the broader crypto economy directly through Coinbase.”
Coinbase will provide a range of services to ETF issuers — notably, it is named as a custodian on eight of the 11 applications.
“The primary way we’ll monetise is through custody fees, but we will also be providing key services like agency trading, matching and settlement, and financing,” the exchange’s spokesperson told DL News.
Custody fees are estimated to be between 0.1% and 0.16%, according to investment bank KBW, while trading fees will be around 0.02%.
The investment bank said the impact on gross profit could be around 0.4% if Bitcoin ETF’s assets under management reach $6.3 billion.
This is around 0.7% of Bitcoin’s total circulating supply, which would be similar to the total amount of gold held in gold ETFs globally.
About $98 billion of gold’s $13.9 trillion total global value is held in spot ETFs.
Adam Morgan McCarthy is a markets correspondent for DL News. Have a tip? Contact the author at email@example.com.

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News: Reads from WWW
Friday, 12 Sep 2014
Besides supporting 10GB files, new features are added to allow for faster syncing and Dropbox-like file sharing.
Thursday, 11 Sep 2014
Samsung released six ads on YouTube which poke fun at Apple's problematic live streaming, new iPhones and its Watch. Check out the six videos in this article.
Microsoft is planning to drop the "Nokia" and "Windows Phone" branding in its future mobile devices. "Lumia" will be used alongside the standard Windows logo.
We've told you what we think of the new iPhone 6 and Apple Watch. But what are the all-important opinions of a bunch of famous people?
Wednesday, 10 Sep 2014
The Raidon InTank iR2770 is an internal RAID storage module that lets users easily configure two 2.5-inch form factor drives in either RAID 0 or 1. What's more it fits into a single 3.5-inch drive bay.
Tuesday, 9 Sep 2014
According to figures from Localytics, the three year old iPad 2 is Apple's most popular tablet, making up a whopping 29% of all Apple tablets out in the wild.
Monday, 8 Sep 2014
T-mobile USA is taking Huawei to court over the alleged theft of components and software for a phone testing robot called 'Tappy'. According to the Seattle Times, the network provider claims that members of Huawei's staff illegally took photos of the testing gear, and then proceeded to steal the actual components from T-Mobile's lab.
Reports indicate that Apple has invited numerous top fashion editors and bloggers to its event this week, in the clearest indication yet that we will see a brand new wearable device.
Friday, 5 Sep 2014
NVIDIA has just launched a patent suit against Samsung and Qualcomm for infringing on its graphics chip patents and wants the ITC to ban select Samsung Galaxy devices running Qualcomm chips.
Thursday, 4 Sep 2014
The huge spaceship-shaped Apple campus that Steve Jobs envisioned and submitted the plans for just a few months before his death in 2011 is finally taking shape. Apple has been mostly secretive about its status but an enterprising drone pilot has managed to sneak a look at the ongoing construction.


text: BKC's Valentin Weber and co-authors examine the Apple, Google and Tencent app stores and the availability of privacy apps on them, discovering most major VPN apps are still available on the Apple and Google app stores in Russia. However, on the Apple and Tencent app stores in China, there are close to none. "Why should one care? Billions of users interact with and download apps on major app stores on a daily basis. It is important for them to know why certain apps that they might have been using, or would want to use to freely access information on the internet, are not accessible anymore."


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Korea and Japan reopen stocks as quarantine ends in China
(Bloomberg) – Travel and consumer stocks in Asia rose with many currencies in the region as traders bet popular destinations for Chinese tourists will benefit from Beijing’s decision to end quarantine for travelers .
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Taiwan’s Phoenix Tours International Inc. climbed 10% while Korea’s Lotte Tour Development Co. rose 7.7%. Among cosmetics makers popular with Chinese consumers, Shiseido Co. jumped 7.1% in Tokyo and Amorepacific Corp. gained 6.4% in Seoul.
People arriving in China from January 8 will no longer be quarantined, but they will still have to submit negative Covid test results, health officials said on Monday. This could lead to a surge in visits from Chinese tourists, which accounted for around a third of arrivals to Japan and South Korea in 2019 before the Covid pandemic.
“The Chinese government is taking a step towards a full reopening and this move could revive the momentum of Korean consumer-related stocks such as Chinese cosmetics, leisure and travel companies,” wrote Han Jiyoung, strategist at Kiwoom Securities Co., in a note.
Chinese stocks also rose, with the CSI 300 index up 0.9%. Among currencies, the Korean won gained 0.7% to 1,265.71 to the dollar while the Thai baht rose 0.3% to 34.615 at 10:42 a.m. in Hong Kong. The Association of Thai Travel Agents estimates that 3 to 5 million Chinese tourists will visit Thailand in 2023, the Bangkok Post reported.
“China easing quarantine rules and economic support measures lifted most Asian currencies excluding Japan, with the Korean won and Thai baht outperforming on growth optimism,” said Christopher Wong, currency strategist at Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. in Singapore.
Department store Takashimaya Co. gave Japanese reopening stocks a boost after separately raising its full-year profit outlook. Its stock soared 9.4% while its counterpart Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. rose 8.2% to its highest level since February 2016.
Still, some Chinese reopening stocks fell despite the news as a continued rise in Covid cases dampened sentiment.
Some stocks of personal protective equipment are rising due to expectations that Covid cases will continue to rise as China reopens. Shares of Top Glove Bhd., a star in the early days of the pandemic, jumped 9.8% in Malaysia.
“I think it’s a little early to be sure the reopening will go according to schedule, just because the infection situation doesn’t seem clear yet, but the inbound tourism names have been performing slightly better recently and it makes sense that more buying interest would come,” said Mio Kato, analyst at LightStream Research.
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New investors materializing to back VR/AR startups
February 24, 2016
When firms and funds that specifically target a certain industry start popping up, you know big things are coming. This has been exemplified with all the current hot markets. Over the past few years we’ve seen Rakuten launch a fintech-focused fund, a16z announce its bio fund and firms like Blockchain Capital spin up to invest in cryptocurrencies and the tech behind them.
The virtual reality/augmented reality industry seems to be next in line, as highlighted in our Virtual Reality Analyst Report. While existing firms like Rothenberg Ventures and Boost VC are leading the way in backing pioneering companies in this up-and-coming space, new VCs and programs are launching to support the increasing number of companies being founded.
Just this week, Super Ventures announced the launch of an AR-focused incubator, as well as a $10 million fund that will look to invest in startups that believe AR, VR and wearable technology will overtake personal computing as the next platform. The firm has already made several investments in the space, including Waygo, a visual translation app specializing in Asian languages, and Fringefy, a visual search engine that helps people discover local content and services.
As the year progresses, don’t be surprised to see more of these VR/AR focused firms and funds emerge. The combination of acquisition potential by large tech giants—exemplified by Facebook’s $2 billion buy of Oculus—and VR/AR tech slowly being introduced to the consumer market will act as blood in the water, and new investors will be circling to get in on the action.


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By Hannah Marion Namukasa
KDB Kyerenga wines limited with its ambassador also a renowned kick boxer Moses Golola have launched three new alcohol products on the market.
According to the marketing director of KDB Kyarenga Sureman Segawa the new products include KDB Champions, KDB Lion and KDB Hot Temper which was named after the kick boxer Moses Golola.
During the launch, Sureman Segawa decried of the heavy taxes levied against the spirits, wines and alcohol brewery companies which he said is killing the business.
Segawa and Golola urged the cabinet and parliament to review the heavy taxes levied against them since it has sent many out of the business hence causing increment in unemployment and poverty rates in the country which also kills the imitative of buy Uganda, build Uganda since many of the companies don’t even see their first anniversary.
Segawa revealed that after the introduction of the new products they now require over 1000 employees from the 300 they have and thus frustrating them means unemployment to many and weakening the country’s economy given the much taxes paid by the company.
Golola Moses called upon his supporters to drink the KDB Kyarenga Hot Temper alcoholic drinks since the money got from it will directly go to the grooming of talents under Golola Academy. He however, cautioned under age from drinking and the public against drink driving.


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After a fantastic show in 2018, STI will once again be exhibiting at FIREX Interational hosted at the ExCeL, London in June.
Joined by 18,000 fire prevention and protection professionals, STI will be showcasing some exciting product updates.
Exhibiting at last year’s show, Steve Hunt, STI Managing Director, said: “FIREX gives the industry and certainly STI an opportunity to showcase its products, both current and new.
“In addition, it’s a great place to socialise with people who we know in the industry, but networking is so important and that’s a key factor with a show such as this, it always attracts the major players.
“In our role very much as a support industry to the major players in the fire industry, we find it increasingly beneficial to demonstrate exactly what we have on offer.”
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Latest Trends In Mobile App Development For Any Business
Today we are all so magnetically connected with the Smart Phones that even waking up in the morning is called from the alarm setting of the mobile and no more on the conventional ‘Alarm Clock’. Research says adults of age beyond 25 use their smartphones more than 200 times a day and those below 25 use more than 300 times a day.
With the changing digital landscape and technology in the best of flow reaching out to millions of mobile app development services in India has become a need for any business. People no longer panic on budgets when it comes to creating a mobile app for their business on the best of technology. Yet, there are some folks who still take thought to get the best version in the least of investment. Looking after this requirement of the masses, webOdoctor, the best mobile app development company in India shares some brilliant options for you to hook on to this year as the latest trends in mobile app development.
Accelerated Mobile Pages ( AMP) – From the time Google has announced that there will be a separate search index for the mobile app, the trend has made a revolution especially from SEO and Web App point of view. Those web apps which are built on Google AMP get a faster load and less bounce rate in a larger number of benefiting publishers and creating more visibility.
AR & VR Show- In the upcoming year, AR & VR is going to boom much more than what it is right now. The revolutionary change in the gaming and entertainment industry is at its peak with such trends gaining popularity.
Artificial Intelligence in a row- There has been a 300% increase in Artificial intelligence investments by businesses this year. User's access to any brand has taken a leap through advanced analytics, machine learning techs, and powerful insights. Every business has tried to work diligently on customer needs and focused on practically providing them solutions with the use of AI-infused in their system.
Enterprise And Micro App- Where the enterprise app focuses on crucial business management, the micro-app takes care of targeted operation and takes less load. As an Abode Study reveals, 70% of business owners take interest in Enterprise App through which their team can also collaborate further.
M-Commerce Practise- Instead of using Credit/Debit Cards customers are preferring to make a purchase via GPay which is pushing the M-Commerce practice in the market. With time the wearable devices and payment facility m-commerce is gaining customer loyalty.
Location-based Search- Integrated location-based search is coming more to picture preventing Wi-Fi-based usage rising beyond traditional requirements with relevant location-based information.
Blockchain Application in Mobile App- This is a game-changer helping many startups to create their own blockchain apps, smart contracts, and software solutions. The union with the Internet of Things (IoT) has improved transaction speed with a decrease in development cost. The mobile app developers can now find a better way to link their apps to a cloud-enabled backend space.
Instant App for Mobile App Development- Without visiting play stores, this is the best way businesses find as it helps iOS and Android App Developers come out with a better conversion rate. They are smaller in size with basic website functionalities, consume less space and do not need to be downloaded or installed on your Android or iOS phones.
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To take an intuitive control of different non-IT equipment, mobile app developers have IoT Investment as a viable platform for app development.
Android Ubidots, Xively, Thingworx are few platforms for app development that help you segregate product and services, support optimization of business, improve overall user experience, and helps you build and identify new revenue channels.
Finally, what you need to do is create a great strategy with the best mobile app development company in India and process the plan of execution for your mobile app to stand out in the competitive space.
There might be a bit difficult turn for businesses to understand the exact benefits of the above latest trends on mobile app development, in that case, try to get connected with the experts of the industry to give you a better road map.


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Dentsply Sirona, York, Pa, reported its Q3 revenues at $928.4 million, down 8% compared to the prior year. At the same time, the company announced that it is implementing a comprehensive plan to accelerate revenue growth, improve margins, and simplify the business. The plan includes a restructuring that is anticipated to achieve $200 to $225 million in net annual cost savings by 2021, through streamlining the organization and consolidating functions.
According to the company, it expects execution of this plan to result in annualized topline growth of 3% to 4%, an adjusted operating income margin of 20% by the end of 2020, and an adjusted operating income margin of 22% by 2022.
The plan anticipates a net reduction in global workforce of approximately 6% to 8%.
According to a press release from the company, technology & equipment revenues declined by 11.3% in the third quarter of 2018 as revenues were impacted by a significant amount of inventory destocking in the third quarter. This destocking, combined with a high level of inventory stocking in the third quarter of 2017, drove the revenue decline. The company states that excluding inventory stocking and destocking in both quarters, technology & equipment third quarter internal revenues would have increased as compared to the third quarter of the prior year, reflective of solid underlying retail demand, particularly in the United States. Third quarter consumable revenue growth was impacted by a short-term disruption stemming from the consolidation of its distribution infrastructure in Venlo, the Netherlands. The company has put in place a program to remediate the disruption and expects consumable revenue growth to soon return to its normal growth trajectory.
Over the last 6 months, the Dentsply Sirona management team has reportedly conducted an extensive diagnosis of the market, the company, and its performance. Based on the conclusions of this review, the board and the management team say they remain very optimistic about the underlying dental industry, the company’s unique position, and the opportunity to create sustainable value for its shareholders. To improve performance, the board and management team have developed a plan with the help of third-party advisors, designed to achieve annualized topline growth of 3% to 4% on a consistent basis, and adjusted operating income margin of 20% by the end of 2020, with continued expansion thereafter.
Dentsply Sirona’s plan will focus on establishing consistent topline growth by streamlining sales and marketing; prioritizing research and development activities across the organization to drive more substantial innovation; enhancing sales force effectiveness with proprietary segmenting, targeting and call planning analytics that will link all sales operations, direct and indirect selling activities; building on Dentsply Sirona’s clinical education programs that will include training academies, similar to Charlotte, NC, and Bensheim, Germany, and enhance its digital continuing education and major educational events; and continuing to focus on emerging markets.
In addition, the company says it will focus on aggressively improving margins while simplifying the organization. The company is working to return margins to pre-merger levels by reducing its cost structure and managing its portfolio of market leading assets. As part of the restructuring plan, the company will consolidate its Dental Strategic Business Units (SBUs) organization from 10 to 4 units to better unlock the synergies that exist within the various businesses. The company will continue to report the existing technology & equipment and consumable segments. The company will also work to optimize its corporate infrastructure to support its enhanced business model and show progress on operating expenses, with spending in 2019 lower than 2018. The company plans to reduce its global workforce by approximately 6% to 8% (net). It has set out a target of $200-$225 million in net annual cost savings by 2021.
The company’s priorities also include evaluating non-core and underperforming businesses, utilizing free cash flow generation and excess balance sheet capacity to return cash to shareholders, and reviewing additional longer-term cost savings opportunities.
Don Casey, chief executive officer of Dentsply Sirona, commented, “We fully realize that our recent performance has been unacceptable and that is why we are taking aggressive action to grow revenues, expand margins and simplify the organization. During the implementation of the program, we have prioritized maintaining the company’s revenue stream and serving our customers, including leveraging our existing infrastructure and outside resources to coordinate our activities. We are dedicated to supporting our talented teams through this important and much-needed transformation.
“Our path forward will require making difficult decisions, but nevertheless, we are confident that the steps announced today will ensure growth over the long-term, and drive significant value for our shareholders.”
The company expects to incur approximately $275 million in one-time expenditures and charges. The company announced that it will not host an Investor Day in the fourth quarter of 2018, as the management team prioritizes its efforts on executing its plan.


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Pushbutton were chosen to build the BBC’s popular video on demand service, iPlayer, to run on BT Vision. The deployment taps Pushbutton’s Microsoft Mediaroom expertise on which BT Vision’s BBC iPlayer is based. This is a great example of how deployment across platforms can be implemented with an intuitive user interface for enhanced viewing support.
Marc Watson, chief executive of television and online services, BT Retail, said: “We are really excited to be partnering with the BBC to bring the BBC iPlayer service to BT Vision customers. The launch of BBC iPlayer on BT Vision adds to the vast range of quality entertainment already available to our customers.”
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For the first time in the strategy franchise’s history, a core Anno is coming to consoles (next-gen only) and fans will be able to play it this March.
If you’re mostly a console gamer (like me) and feel like you’ve been missing out on all the strategy good times, you’re in luck. Ubisoft has announced that Anno 1800 is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X on March 16th.
Anno 1800 is a strategy game that gives player the opportunity to show off their leadership skills: build gigantic metropolises, set up efficient and profitable logistical networks, colonize an exotic new continent, charter expeditions to the four corners of the globe, and dominate their opponents diplomatically, commercially, or militarily.
Developed by the very same studio behind the original PC version of the game, Ubisoft Mainz, the Anno 1800 Console Edition will offer players the full Anno experience with a completely redesigned user interface and controls powered by the next generation of consoles.
“Anno 1800 is a great success story for the studio and the 25-year-old Anno brand. The popularity and the success of the game on PC gave us the opportunity to develop a console version of the game, thanks to the power of the next generation of consoles. Bringing our most successful Anno game on consoles is a real chance for us to let new players discover our award-winning game for the first time and join our amazing community.” said Stéphane Jankowski, Executive Producer.
Starting today, players can pre-order Anno 1800 Console Edition. Two versions are available, Standard and Deluxe:
The Standard version includes the base game and the biggest game updates, costing $40.
The Deluxe version contains the base game, the biggest game updates and three cosmetics packs: the Pedestrian Zone, the Amusements Pack and Vibrant Cities, costing $50.
The more strategy titles on consoles, the better! Will you be picking up Anno 1800 when it hits on March 16, 2023?


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For greens who dream of a waste-free “circular economy,” it’s been hard enough seeing reusable tote bags banned from many grocery stores. But now they must deal with another blow from the Covid-19 pandemic: the shutdown of recycling programs in towns and cities across America.
In at least 30 states, local curbside programs have been suspended or curtailed, and drop-off sites and container-redemption centers have been closed, because of problems related to the coronavirus. Though these programs are more expensive than sending trash to a landfill, they have persisted because of their appeal to voters who believe in recycling’s environmental benefits. Now, however, the grimmer realities of recycling have become apparent. Aside from being a financial burden to towns suddenly facing shortfalls in tax revenue, recycling programs require lots of workers to handle bottles, food containers, and other items used by people—some of whom may have been “shedding” the virus.
Consumers face some risk when they gather their items for curbside bins or take them to drop-off sites, but the biggest danger is to the workers who haul the stuff away or sort it by hand as it moves along conveyor belts at processing facilities. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has warned that the virus poses a “serious and unique risk” to its members in the recycling industry, which already had some of the highest rates of injuries and illness among all sectors.
The recycling trade press has been steadily chronicling its new woes. Dalton, Georgia, one of many towns to suspend its curbside collections, explained that “recycling pickup requires sorting by hand and there are many unknowns about how the virus spreads from surface to surface.” Recycling drop-off centers in Ashland County, Ohio, and Humboldt County, California, were closed for similar reasons. Vermont, which had banned the landfilling of recyclables, is planning to suspend that policy because of concerns about the virus.
Other programs have been shelved because of budgetary concerns, the lack of a market for plastic recyclables, a shortage of protective gear, and other consequences of the pandemic, such as the decision by many prisons to limit the activities of inmates. Waste Dive, a news site that covers the recycling industry, reported that “multiple areas have cited a shortage of incarcerated labor outsourced from local prisons as a key factor” forcing the discontinuation of recycling programs.
Local officials assure citizens that the programs will resume as soon as possible, but Covid-19 and the looming budget deficits should prompt some second thoughts. Yes, recycling does make people feel like they’re helping the planet, but at what cost? Given the minimal environmental benefits—as well as some environmental harms—from recycling, couldn’t local governments find more productive uses for their money? If they want to spend tax dollars on make-work programs for prisoners, couldn’t they create safer and more edifying jobs than sifting through people’s garbage?
Greens will go on fighting to keep the programs, just as they battle to promote reusable tote bags at supermarkets, despite the known health risks. Well before the current crisis, researchers repeatedly demonstrated that tote bags harbor deadly bacteria and viruses, because so few people bother to wash the bags. One study traced an outbreak of viral gastroenteritis to bacteria from a tote bag; another found an increase in bacteria-related illnesses and deaths in San Francisco after the city enacted the nation’s first law banning single-use plastic bags in grocery stores.
Ignoring these risks—and the larger carbon footprints of the tote bags—environmental groups successfully promoted the bags while lobbying cities and states to ban or restrict single-use plastic bags in stores. But now even San Francisco has banned reusable bags for the time being, as have the states of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, as well as some supermarket chains. Other cities and states have suspended their bans on single-use plastic bags and discouraged shopping with reusable bags.
Environmentalists and their media allies have fought back by blaming these new policies on propaganda from the plastic industry and conservatives. An article in the Guardian, “Rightwing thinktanks use fear of Covid-19 to fight bans on plastic bags,” accused conservative groups of “misrepresenting recent studies” about shopping bags. It cited a story of mine in City Journal, “Greening Our Way to Infection,” but the paper did not identify any misrepresentations in the article or offer any rebuttal to the peer-reviewed scientific evidence in it.
Instead, the Guardian quoted a marine biologist from Greenpeace inaccurately suggesting that single-use plastic bags are no safer than reusable ones because the coronavirus can survive on plastic. Indeed, my article cited evidence that viruses can linger for days on plastic as well other surfaces. But the issue is not what a bag is made of—many reusable bags are also made of plastic—but what happens to it after the shopper goes home. The thin plastic bags that greens want to ban are typically reused as trash-bin liners and then discarded. By contrast, reusable ones go back to the supermarket multiple times, often laden with pathogens from the previous trip, or from the subways, restrooms, or other public places the bags are taken.
When a team of environmental-health scientists from the University of Arizona and the Loma Linda University School of Public Health analyzed shoppers’ bags from supermarkets in Arizona and California, they found considerable amounts of bacteria in almost all the reusable bags, including fecal coliform bacteria in half the bags. Their study found no contamination in any of the new plastic bags handed out by the grocery stores.
Greens want to deny it, but there’s no doubt that the safest and easiest way to shop, and to eliminate germs lingering on bags or in food scraps or on recyclables, is to get a new plastic bag at the store and then toss it, along with everything else, into a sturdier plastic garbage bag that can be loaded on a truck and dumped by a machine into a landfill or an incinerator. There’s no need for consumers, workers, prisoners, or anyone else to sift by hand through that garbage—not now, and not after the pandemic is over, either.


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What you need to know
- Indie MEGABOOTH is going on indefinite hiatus due to circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak.
- Its final event will be a Steam Sale featuring over 100 games in early May.
- Developers are participating in a "pay what you want" revenue share system with Indie MEGABOOTH.
Indie MEGABOOTH, the gaming convention staple that showcased dozens of indie games over the years, is going on indefinite hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a blog post on the organization's website, founder Kelly Wallick said that this is due to the cancelation of many of the in-person events that it often attends, including GDC, and the "high level of uncertainty" that the coronavirus outbreak has created.
"It was a difficult and disappointing decision to make," Wallick wrote. "Realistically though, we're a very small team and this situation is bigger than us. Our primary focus right now is to stay healthy and safe through the COVID-19 situation as it's unfolding."
Indie MEGABOOTH has been a frequent sight at events like PAX, GDC, and more. It showcased hundreds of indie games over the years, including recent releases like Mutazione, Elsinore, and Creature in the Well. Its last big event (and the last for many in the gaming industry before the pandemic locked down a lot of the world) was PAX East 2020.
The team had been organizing a Steam sale for early May and right now it's being called the Going Away (for now) Sale. It'll feature over 100 games that have previously been in the showcase (although there's no list available yet) and will take place from May 5-12. The participating developers will be using a "pay what you want" revenue share with the MEGABOOTH to help recoup costs.
Wallick did mention that she will be keeping up with the Discord, mailing and alumni lists during the "hibernation."
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COPENHAGEN, April 27 (Reuters) - Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk experienced strong competition in the insulin market in the United States in the first quarter of the year.
“We have seen strong competition in the first quarter,” Chief Financial Officer Jesper Brandgaard said in a webcast after the company published first-quarter results.
Novo Nordisk’s main competitors insulin are Eli Lilly and Sanofi.
Brandgaard said he expected the company’s insulin market share to improve in the United States going forward.
Novo Nordisk, the world’s biggest insulin producer, nudged up its full-year 2012 outlook after first-quarter operating profit rose 18 percent. (Reporting by Copenhagen Newsroom)


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Sears Canada is shutting down 59 locations across the country.
Twenty full-line locations, 15 Sears homes stores, 10 Sears Outlet stores, and 14 Sears Hometown locations will be closing as part of their restructuring.
This includes the local branch in downtown Fort McMurray.
The RMWB isn’t the only Alberta municipality losing their store. The Edmonton Skyview, Medicine Hat, Grand Prairie, Lloydminster, Red Deer through relocation, Leduc, Sherwood Park, Cold Lake, Spruce Grove, Okotoks, and St. Alberta are losing their branch.
In total, 2,900 jobs will be lost across Canada.
Sears Canada has also been granted creditor protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice is also authorizing $450 million in financial support.
In a release, Sears Canada notes “the DIP Financing is expected to provide the Sears Canada Group with sufficient liquidity to maintain business operations throughout the CCAA proceedings.”
They note they expect to end the CCAA protection sometime in 2017.
Mix News did reach out to the Fort McMurray store but they didn’t want to comment at this time.


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The number of iPhone users who will buy the same brand again when choosing their next smartphone has declined for the first time in Western Europe, Strategy Analytics claims.
The latest Strategy Analytics Wireless Device Lab Report iPhone Owner Loyalty Declines: Is Apple Losing its Innovation Edge? found that only 75pc of iPhone owners in Western Europe say they are likely to buy their next phone from Apple.
This is down from 88pc in 2011.
US repeat purchase intentions have also seen a slight decline, down from 93pc in 2011 to 88pc in 2012.
“There is no doubt that Apple is continuing its success in retaining existing user base while attracting new customers,” commented Paul Brown, director at Strategy Analytics’ User Experience Practice.
“However, negative press prompted by a perceived lack of recent innovation by Apple has meant we are starting to see some growth in the number of previously highly loyal consumers who are now reconsidering whether or not they will purchase a new iPhone for their next device.
Taryn Tulay, analyst at Strategy Analytics’ Wireless Device Lab added, however, that the number of respondents who say they probably will or definitely will not buy their next phone from Apple is low.
“However, it is the shift in the number of those who are unsure whether they will remain with the same brand for their next phone that Apple should be concerned about,” Tulay says.


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In its latest weekly update, Rockstar Games announced that the month of December was Grand Theft Auto: Online‘s most populated month in history — four years after launch. It’s a testament to the tender love and care given to the game on a weekly basis. The latest surge of players comes in part thanks to the non-stop updates GTA: Online is receiving.
Outside of MMOs, few games receive substantial (free) updates four years after launch, but GTAO saw the launch of the Doomsday Heists update, featuring a multi-act co-op heist story, an impressive new base (in which you can call down missiles or NPCs to kill random players), and a vast amount of new vehicles and outfits to collect. Take a look:


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Global package shipping volume increased by 48% during the past two years, powered by growth in e-commerce, according to a report released last week by technology company Pitney Bowes.
Package or parcel volume as it is called in the report, has grown from 44 billion parcels in 2014 to 65 billion in 2016, according to an index that measures volume and spending on shipments in 13 major markets including the U.S. Pitney’s index estimates parcel shipping will continue to rise between 17% and 28% each year between 2017 and 2021.
“The continued rise of e-commerce globally is keeping the parcel shipping market strong through 2021 as consumers are increasingly looking to online shopping for convenience, price and availability of products from around the world,” Lila Snyder, Pitney’s executive vice president and president of global e-commerce, said in a statement. “As consumer expectations continue to rise, shipping technology and service providers will need to help retailers and marketplaces meet those demands.”
Leading the world in volume, China grew its parcel shipping by 52% in one year, jumping from 21 billion parcels in 2015 to 31 billion in 2016.
The American and Japanese markets followed with respective shipping totals last year of 13 billion and 9 billion. In the U.S., parcel volume last year rose by about 8%, up from 12 billion parcels in 2015.
Ranking highest in investment, the U.S. last year spent $96 billion on parcel shipments, followed by China at $60 billion and Japan at $22 billion.
Pitney’s index predicts strong and accelerating growth in parcel shipping in the coming years. Not including China, the other 12 major markets studied by Pitney have grown an average of about 4% each year since 2012 and are projected to grow between 4.5% and 5.4% annually through 2021.
New trends and emerging technologies — including parcel lockers, crowd-shipping, on-demand delivery services, evening and weekend delivery, and drones — benefit customers by shortening delivery times, lowering delivery costs and adding flexibility, Pitney officials said.
E-commerce represents a bright spot for Pitney’s own business, whose outlook has been clouded by declining revenues and profits in recent quarters. The company’s e-commerce revenues last year increased by 18% to about $429 million.


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BELIZE CITY, Belize--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CoinMex, an innovative digital asset trading platform serving as blockchain infrastructure to facilitate the implementation of various blockchain projects, was recently launched. Driven by products and technologies, CoinMex provides professional, effective and comprehensive one-stop solutions for digital asset trading, exerting a positive impact on the blockchain industry.
Tom Sun, Founder of CoinMex and former CTO of Okex, has a rich experience in both techniques and management of digital asset trading platforms. His team consists of professionals from leading internet companies and securities firms from China such as Alibaba and Baidu.
CoinMex has recently launched the “United Mining Win-Win” project, which can set various trading parameters including trading return ratio, daily bonus limit, service charge return ratio and its methods, to interact with users in a transparent manner and effectively increase position holders, trading volume and market depth.
CoinMex has also introduced a DAPPS platform which integrates basic services such as OTC, Digital Wallet, and Digital Asset Trading to provide comprehensive solutions for token trading. CoinMex's DAPPS platform has partnered with several other DAPPS platforms such as Delphy to guarantee safe and reliable payment and trading services.
CoinMex is planning to upgrade its technology support by integrating AI technology and big data, as well as exploring the integration of Digital Wallet while undertaking corporate blockchain projects.
As the blockchain industry becomes more regulated, CoinMex will utilize the blockchain technology to make its operation more open and transparent to users.
CoinMex pursues a win-win relationship with its global partners. Until now, CoinMex has collaborated with many global partners to promote the overseas market and established a dynamic global crypto community. For partnership opportunities please contact email@example.com.


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We’ve already told you about the benefits of DU Battery Saver when it comes to squeezing more battery life out of your Android device, but there’s more – the app has recently added an intriguing phone cooling feature, too.
In the app’s Saver menu you’ll find the Phone Cooler tool that will scan your smartphone for any apps that cause excess heat.
Your phone’s temperature is mainly determined by its CPU. Apps that increase CPU usage for a long period of time can cause the CPU to overheat, potentially reducing the lifespan of your device.
The Phone Cooler feature in DU Battery Saver works by systematically monitoring, managing, and (when appropriate) disabling such apps in order to reduce phone temperature to a safe level and protect your hardware.
Data from the app developers shows that the average overheating temperature of a phone’s CPU is 63℃, which could damage the phone’s hardware if left unchecked for too long. The Phone Cooler feature allows users to easily cool down their phone’s CPU down to an average of 37℃, a safe operating temperature. DU Battery Saver is a free download, and you can check it out at the link below.
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Aug 16, 2012: Coca-Cola plans to relaunch thier once popular masala cola brand RimZim which it acquired from Ramesh Chuahan in early 1990s. The company plans to relaunch the RimZim in northern parts of India. A decade ago, the cola company made an attempt to revive the brand in Maharashtra but failed miserably.
However, cola company now is planning to relaunch the brand as per recommendation of the brand study conducted by the company itself which indicated a high brand reall among the consumers. Recently Coca-Cola announced an investment of $5 billion till 2020 since India has been identified as one of the fastest growing market for the cola company.


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Mt. Shasta ski park: Busy opening day
Fresh snow and blue skies greeted eager skiers and snowboarders at Mt. Shasta Ski Park’s opening day on Saturday. The park’s long-awaited opening was finally made possible by a strong storm late last week. The park is fully operational now, with all runs and lifts open.
Got photos of opening day at the ski park? Email them, with captions, to firstname.lastname@example.org for inclusion in our gallery to run Tuesday.


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Most feel regulations, policies hurting their companies
Thom Dammrich, president of the National Marine Manufacturers Association, said at the Miami International Boat Show that the two things that worried him most were “weather and Washington.”
We surveyed dealers, marina owners, manufacturers, suppliers and others via the Internet in February. More than 60 percent said they consider government and regulatory issues to be very important to their company’s success. All told, 90 percent said these issues are at least somewhat important to their success.
For an update on some of the hot issues, you can read more by clicking here.
Taxes, Obamacare and Ethanol
The survey results show that three major issues are top of mind for most in the industry: tax policy, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and ethanol.
Nearly 60 percent of respondents named one of those three issues as the single most important to their business, with taxes and healthcare at 20 percent each narrowly edging out ethanol at 19 percent. Environmental regulations, at 14 percent, was the only other issue cited by more than 10 percent.
Obamacare seems to present the most interesting case when it comes to how important the issue is to the industry. Sixty-seven percent said they are very concerned about the impact of Obamacare on their business, the highest level of any issue. At the same time, 10 percent said they are not concerned at all, one of the highest levels for that category. Most likely, this reflects smaller companies that the law does not apply to.
When it comes to ethanol, 63 percent are very concerned about it, while 96 percent are at least somewhat concerned. Tax policy rounds out the top three again, with 81 percent very concerned about it and 97 percent at least somewhat concerned. Of least concern was issues related to fishery management and invasive species. (See the chart for the full breakdown.)
More than two-thirds of respondents said that government regulations have hurt their ability to grow their businesses in the last year.
We asked those who said that their business had been hurt to provide details, and more than 150 did so. The most commonly cited reason was the impact of healthcare reform, from increased costs of covering employees to decisions not to hire more employees in order to avoid some of the Affordable Care Act requirements. Environmental regulations actions from ethanol to emissions were also a common answer.
Many also mentioned feeling the impact of the effect of government regulations on other businesses that resulted in their business-owner customers not being willing to spend money on a boat in the current climate.
The following are a representative sample of some of the responses:
• “Our customers fear that they won’t have enough income to cover their everyday costs, much less have money to spend on boating.”
• “Federal restrictions on off-shore fishing continue to reduce the demand for boats and equipment.”
• “Not knowing the cost to hire new employees, we have decided to wait until late in the year to decide if we will hire anyone.”
• “Ethanol has cost boaters millions of dollars for repairs, increasing the cost of ownership, which drives boaters to other form of recreation.”
• “Healthcare act has increased our plan costs by 28 percent this year.”
• “Compliance requirements used up time and resources which could have helped grow business.”
• “Uncertainty in government resulting in loss of consumer and corporate confidence resulted in loss of sales.”
• “The restrictions on others reduces the amount they spend with us.”
• “Emission standards have made boating unaffordable.”
• “Over regulation via Dodd-Frank has negatively impacted lending parameters.”
• “Permit process is too long and expensive.”
• “Short fishing season and catch limits keep people from wanting to purchase a new boat.”
The good news is that many respondents are trying to do something about the impact of the government on their businesses. More than three-quarters said they have taken some sort of action in an attempt to affect public policy.
Fifty-eight percent reported contacting an elected representative’s office to express their opinion on issues and 38 percent said they have met with a representative in person. About 34 percent have responded to a call to action from NMMA, the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas or some other group.
Only 13 percent have attended a legislative session or conference at the state level and only 7 percent have attended the American Boating Congress in Washington, D.C.


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As Indian brands dominated the true wireless earbuds (TWS) market once again, local production of these devices reached 14% in the January-March quarter (Q1) with 113 per cent (on-quarter) growth, a new report showed on Thursday.
The domestic production of TWS products was almost negligible in Q1 last year, reports Counterpoint Research.
“There has been a growing emphasis on domestic manufacturing, which led to an overall YoY decline of 19 per cent in average selling price (ASP) in Q1 2022,” said senior research analyst Anshika Jain.
“We expect brands to go aggressive in the second half of this year to introduce made-in-India devices,” she added.
Dometci brand boAt is expected to locally manufacture more than half of its total portfolio in the coming period.
“Other top players like Noise and realme are also expected to release locally-made devices within the first half of 2022,” said Jain.
India’s TWS market posted 66 per cent YoY growth in Q1 2022, driven by the strong value proposition offered by local brands to outshine the Chinese vendors.
Besides, aggressive celebrity endorsements and domestic manufacturing helped boost the demand in this segment, said the report.
Indian brands’ shipments more than doubled in Q1 2022 to capture 72 per cent share in the overall TWS market.
“The top four positions were taken by India-based brands, which captured more than half of the total TWS market. Indian brands were very quick in terms of upgrading their product portfolio,” Jain informed.
boAt led the market with a 34 per cent share, while Noise captured the second spot for the second consecutive quarter.
The premium segment (more than Rs 5,000 or $65) registered 53 per cent YoY growth in Q1 led by Apple, Samsung and Sony, the report mentioned. Source: IANS


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I saw this article posted via Facebook on a tech blog called Boy Genius Report and felt compelled to watch the McDonald’s YouTube video, Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets made of?
From this Forbes article, McDonald’s is doing this social media effort for the following reasons:
“In an effort to convince a skeptical public that McDonald’s sells “real” food, they recently launched “Our Food. Your Questions,” an initiative in which McDonald asks people to submit any and all questions it has about its food. The answers to these questions are then provided online, often supported by videos featuring Grant Imahara (formerly of the show MythBusters) as an unbiased third party seeking to push the truth forward and dispel many of those old myths. … Much like Domino’s did a few years back and JCPenney has done more recently, McDonald’s is realizing people aren’t lovin’ its food like they did in its hey-day. This campaign represents both a big risk and potentially a big return for a business that continues to miss expectations. In late October, McDonald’s reported a loss of market share and its fourth straight quarter of negative same-store sales in its U.S. operations. Analysts are now predicting that 2014 will be the first year of negative global same-store sales since 2002.”
I actually like McDonald’s McNuggets and would eat them even if they are unhealthy … To be honest, I wasn’t too sure who the Asian American host of this video was, and had to Google the name Grant Imahara, and had discovered that he is best known for being a host (or former host) of the popular Mythbusters television program.
In general, I think most Americans, including myself, would not want to eat what we eat if we actually knew how everything was made! 🙂


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Sony has announced two new camera sensors designed to be used in smartphones, and both of these new sensors use a new RGBW matrix which adds a white pixel to the normal RGB layout.
This is designed to improve light sensitivity and produce better photographs at low light, and Sony has said that normally adding a white pixel would reduce image quality, they have managed to implement it whilst improving the image quality.
Both of these new smartphone sensors are capable of recording HDR (High Dynamic Range) video and Sony has released a video which you can see below.
Sony have said they will release a total of three mobile sensors this year which use the new technology which will include a 8 megapixel sensor which measures 1/4 inch, although this sensor wont offer HDR support.
They will also release a 13 megapixel sensor and an 8 megapixel sensor which come with support for HDR video, they are expected to be released by the end of the year.
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Pokemon Go could be the beginning of a shift in the way we advertise.
Father's Day is upon us and, naturally, it is a time when marketers shift their gaze toward dads. We can expect big sales on cars, ties, khakis, 55-inch flatscreen TVs, grills, brats and lawn mowers.
Imran Khan was an internet-focused investment banker at Credit Suisse, where, in September 2014, he orchestrated Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba's high-profile IPO.
Spring and early summer's resurgence of life also heralds the return of the travel bug. Summer holidays and school vacation send affluent families across the U.S. to far-flung destinations both domestic and international.
Each generation uses digital differently to consume content and shop for products and services, and marketers need to understand these differences to target their desired audiences on the devices they are most likely to be using.
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SATURDAY 6TH DECEMBER: Tap & Kitchen
The Secret Vintage Fair (Cambridgeshire) Team have only just recovered from the success of their last event in Stamford at the end of September, but they are certainly not resting on their festive laurels, they are already creating their next Christmas vintage event in the area on 6th December.
And this time, they are calling it the not-so-secret vintage fair as they have already unveiled the location- as they are teaming up to work in Partnership with brand new restaurant and bar The Tap & Kitchen, in Oundle.
FIRST EVER EVENT IN OUNDLE:
The Secret Vintage Fair is coming to The Tap & Kitchen in Oundle, a brand new restaurant next to the Nene Valley Brewary, which has literally just opened, today on Monday 24th November. It’s also taking place on the same day as the Christmas Market in Oundle so it’s set to be an extremely busy day! Sign up to the Facebook event here.
Lucy says “We’re so excited to be teaming up with the Tap & Kitchen, it’s going to be a fantastic collaboration between this exciting new restaurant, part of the Nene Valley Brewary, and us. We are also fortunate this time around to be sponsored by Tilly’s Vintage Garden Party Hire who are supplying the marquees for the event alongside a host of traditional garden games”
The event on 6th December will be in support of the East Anglia’sChildren’s Hospices (EACH), with a portion of the door proceeds, and 100% of the charity raffle and other prize draw proceeds to EACH.
As is their trademark style, there will be vintage music, alongside a whole host of fabulous vintage and handmade traders, and vintage garden games, and the Tap & Kitchen will be serving delicious food and drink all day, from their extensive menu, which includes, breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner too.
Birds of prey from local centre Hill Farm Bird of Pray & Wildlife Rescue will also be on hand at the entrance of the event, as owner Simon is keen to help collect donations for charity EACH.
Lucy said “We wanted to support EACH as they are such an important regional charity who do truly amazing work of an incredibly delicate nature. EACH care for babies and young people up to the age of 18, supporting families, children and young people living with life-threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement. They do this through a range of services delivered where the family wish – in their own home, at hospital, in the community or at one of their three hospices in Milton, Ipswich and Quidenham. We are so thrilled to be supporting them, and you can help by donating to the birds of prey, or entering our charity raffle, plus enter our “Guess the name of the vintage dolly” contest to win £50 cash on the day, and £50 goes straight to the charity
Charlie from the SVF team says “We always make sure we create the right atmosphere at our events, and we only choose the finest vintage purveyors to trade with us, so as a customer you can be sure of finding only quality vintage, pre-loved, handmade and up-cycled goods at our fairs- but you also get to enjoy a wealth of nostalgic atmosphere too!”
Lucy says, “The best way to stay informed is to sign up to our mailing list, via our website to be the first to find out any news and information on our future fairs and secret locations! They won’t all be No-so-secret events! We look forward to seeing you in Oundle on the 6th December!”
Entrance to the event is £2, free for accompanied under 15s.


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Solar Power Breakthrough Makes Solar Cells Obsolete
Written By: John Shimkus
For at least a century now, scientists have known that light has magnetic properties, yet light’s magnetism has been downplayed as too weak to serve any tangible purpose. While light’s electric properties have been exploited by the solar power industry to great success, inefficient power conversion has made solar energy expensive and slow to catch on. But now, light’s magnetic effect is gaining attention as University of Michigan professor Stephen Rand believes it may be able to generate electricity without the need for costly solar cells.
Rand’s breakthrough reveals that light's magnetic field is actually 100 million times stronger than previously expected. Strong enough even to produce grid quality electricity. Rand says the magnetic field effect is the result of a unique type of “optical rectification,” a term used to describe what light does when it passes through certain materials. Apparently, when passed through strongly insulated materials, light’s normally weak magnetic field is enhanced immensely.
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Rand believes that this effect can generate electricity, stating, “It turns out that the magnetic field starts curving the electrons into a C-shape and they move forward a little each time. That C-shape of charge motion generates both an electric dipole and a magnetic dipole. If we can set up many of these in a row in a long fiber, we can make a huge voltage and by extracting that voltage, we can use it as a power source."
The problem, however, that arises with exploiting sunlight’s magnetic effect for electricity comes in both the material and the intensity of the light. Glass or transparent ceramics can act as good insulated material, but in order for the effect to be strong enough, the intensity of the light needs to be 10 million watts per square centimeter. Typical sunlight only produces around 0.012 watts per square centimeter. Therefore, either the light needs to be intensified via lens or laser, or the insulator material needs to be modified.
Nonetheless, Rand and his team of researchers believe that once the proper light intensity is reached, then light’s magnetic effect could produce energy at a much cheaper cost than expensive solar cells.
Itronics successfully tests manganese recovery process
Itronics - a Nevada-based emerging cleantech materials growth company that manufacturers fertilisers and produces silver - has successfully tested two proprietary processes that recover manganese, with one process recovering manganese, potassium and zinc from paste produced by processing non-rechargeable alkaline batteries. The second recovers manganese via the company’s Rock Kleen Technology.
Manganese, one of the four most important industrial metals and widely used by the steel industry, has been designated by the US Federal Government as a "critical mineral." It is a major component of non-rechargeable alkaline batteries, one of the largest battery categories sold globally.
The use of manganese in EV batteries is increasing as EV battery technology is shifting to use of more nickel and manganese in battery formulations. But according to the US Department of Interior, there is no mine production of manganese in the United States. As such, Itronics is using its Rock Kleen Technology to test metal recoverability from mine tailings obtained from a former silver mine in western Nevada that has a high manganese content.
In a statement, Itronics says that its Rock Kleen process recovers silver, manganese, zinc, copper, lead and nickel. The company says that it has calculated – based on laboratory test results – that if a Rock Kleen tailings process is put into commercial production, the former mine site would become the only primary manganese producer in the United States.
Itronics adds that it has also tested non-rechargeable alkaline battery paste recovered by a large domestic battery recycling company to determine if it could use one of its hydrometallurgical processes to solubilize the manganese, potassium, and zinc contained in the paste. This testing was successful, and Itronics was able to produce material useable in two of its fertilisers, it says.
"We believe that the chemistry of the two recovery processes would lend itself to electrochemical recovery of the manganese, zinc, and other metals. At this time electrochemical recovery has been tested for zinc and copper,” says Dr John Whitney, Itronics president.
“Itronics has been reviewing procedures for electrochemical recovery of manganese and plans to move this technology forward when it is appropriate to do so and has acquired electro-winning equipment needed to do that.
"Because of the two described proprietary technologies, Itronics is positioned to become a domestic manganese producer on a large scale to satisfy domestic demand. The actual manganese products have not yet been defined, except for use in the Company's GOLD'n GRO Multi-Nutrient Fertilisers. However, the Company believes that it will be able to produce chemical manganese products as well as electrochemical products," he adds.
Itronics’ research and development plant is located in Reno, about 40 miles west of the Tesla giga-factory. Its planned cleantech materials campus, which will be located approximately 40 miles south of the Tesla factory, would be the location where the manganese products would be produced.
Panasonic is operating one of the world's largest EV battery factories at the Tesla location. However, Tesla and other companies have announced that EV battery technology is shifting to use of nickel-manganese batteries. Itronics is positioned and located to become a Nevada-0based supplier of manganese products for battery manufacturing as its manganese recovery technologies are advanced, the company states.
A long-term objective for Itronics is to become a leading producer of high purity metals, including the U.S. critical metals manganese and tin, using the Company's breakthrough hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, and electrochemical technologies. ‘Additionally, Itronics is strategically positioned with its portfolio of "Zero Waste Energy Saving Technologies" to help solve the recently declared emergency need for domestic production of Critical Minerals from materials located at mine sites,’ the statement continues.
The Company's growth forecast centers upon its 10-year business plan designed to integrate its Zero Waste Energy Saving Technologies and to grow annual sales from $2 million in 2019, to $113 million in 2025.


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November 21, 2018
2.0 FOOD: Keeping a constant eye on local brands
Up-and-coming businesses in the agri-food sector should look no further! Since 2016, Michel Cantin, founder and President of the brokerage firm 2.0 Food, has been hard at work representing Canadian brands to distributors. Today, some 15 local products such as the Laiterie Chagnon and Naak Cricket energy bars have the opportunity to be supported by an indispensable company in terms of brand positioning of foods in major retail outlets and speciality grocery stores.
Thanks to a clear vision, the team can develop long-lasting relationships built on trust between clients and supermarkets. 2.0 Food provides the best tools to capture the attention of consumers and optimize product placement and the management of their prices. Solid interpersonal skills and effective listening ability are key to the success of the “Dream Team”. According to Michael Cantin, it is not enough to just randomly select contracts: “we focus on quality products made in Canada,” he says. In less than two years, Michael and his 8 representatives are proud of the brands they work with from all four corners of Quebec.
Located at 55 Louvain Street West, 2.0 Food wasted no time in showcasing the Flow Alkaline Spring Water product line at Jazzy Thursdays at Place Iona-Monahan. The distribution of water bottles was the perfect opportunity to introduce Chabanel residents to the line’s 100% recyclable packaging. The formula for guaranteed success is creating a connection between Ontario’s water source and one of the many fun events the District has to offer!
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Shearings Group plans to expand its hotel portfolio by up to ten new properties over the next three years.
The company announced the move following the acquisition of its 50th UK property, the 72-room Charlecote Pheasant Hotel in Stratford upon Avon.
Offering three night packages from £99-£165, the Charlecote Pheasant Hotel will join Shearings’ Coast & Country collection, which currently comprises 14 properties.
Vince Flower, managing director of Shearings Hotels, said: ‘Our Coast & Country hotels are hugely popular with customers and provide agents with the opportunity to offer a quality UK hotel break to those who may not have previously considered a Shearings holiday.
‘As well as representing a milestone for Shearings, the hotel will be an excellent addition to our Coast & Country portfolio, strengthening our offering in the UK holiday market.
‘The last two years have seen a strong resurgence of the British holiday and our expansion has been well timed to allow agents to capitalise on this opportunity.
‘With our two distinct brands, Bay and Coast & Country, we’ve expanded our reach to the independent travel market as well as the traditional coaching customer.’
The Charlecote Pheasant Hotel, located close to junction 15 of the M40, is the first of a number of potential acquisitions being considered by Shearings.
Flower added: ‘We plan to further expand our hotel portfolio by adding up to ten new properties over the next three years.’
Shearings’ latest investment follows a £10m refurbishment of its 49-strong UK portfolio last year, which helped lifted the group’s income from hotels by 8%.
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South Korean computer chipmaker SK Hynix said on Wednesday it may be forced to sell its manufacturing operations in China if the US crackdown on exports of semiconductor technology and manufacturing equipment intensifies.
SK Hynix’s chief marketing officer, Kevin Noh, expressed those concerns in a conference call on Wednesday after the company reported that operating profits were down 60 percent in its last quarter from 2021, a drop it attributed to a deteriorating business environment. .
Global inflation, fueled by Russia’s war on Ukraine and rising interest rates imposed by central banks to curb rising prices, has slowed consumer spending on the kinds of high-tech products that require computer chips. SK Hynix and other semiconductor makers are also navigating new US restrictions on exports of advanced semiconductors and chip-making equipment to China. Such limits were imposed in part to prevent the use of US advanced technology in China’s military development.
SK Hynix said this month that the US Department of Commerce has granted the company a year-long exemption from such requirements, allowing it to supply equipment and other supplies to its Chinese factories that make memory chips.
Other major manufacturers of chip and chip production equipment, such as Samsung and TSMC, would also have been granted exemptions.
SK Hynix may find it difficult to equip its production line in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi with the most advanced chip machinery, including extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) systems, Noh said. He said SK Hynix doesn’t expect major disruptions at the plant, at least until the end of the 2020s, but things could deteriorate quickly if at some point Washington refuses to extend temporary exemptions and begins to fully enforce its export controls. .
“If it becomes a situation where we have to obtain a (US) license per tool, that will disrupt the supply of equipment … then the late 2020s,” Noh said.
“When faced with issues that make it difficult for us to operate our Chinese manufacturing facilities, including the Wuxi plant, we consider different scenarios, including selling those manufacturing facilities or their equipment or bringing them to South Korea,” said Noh.
He said those emergency plans would apply to a “very extreme situation,” and the company hopes to avoid such problems and operate normally.
Citing an “unprecedented deterioration” in market conditions, SK Hynix said it would cut its investment by more than 50 percent next year as it expects supply to continue to outpace demand for the time being. The country’s operating profit for the three months to September was KRW 1.65 trillion (approximately Rs. 9,500 crore), compared to KRW 4.17 trillion (approximately Rs. 24,000 crore) in the same period last year. Turnover fell by 7 percent to KRW 10.98 trillion won (about Rs. 63,500 crore).
Some experts say the technological standoff between the US and China could force SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, another major South Korean chipmaker, to make significant changes to their Chinese operations in the coming years.
According to market analysis firm TrendForce, SK Hynix’s Wuxi plant accounts for approximately 13 percent of the world’s total DRAM production capacity. About 40 percent of Samsung’s NAND flash chips are reportedly manufactured at its factory in the Chinese city of Xi’an, accounting for about 10 percent of global production.
“The existing (principles) that we have accepted as common sense, such as finding a particular region where we can produce most efficiently at the cheapest cost and shipping those products worldwide, are becoming increasingly uncertain as (our) decision-making is affected by different layers of factors beyond just business,” Noh said.
It is widely believed that Samsung, the world’s largest supplier of memory chips, has been granted a similar exemption from the US restrictions, although the company has not confirmed this publicly. Noh said during the conversation that SK Hynix’s “competitors” have also received the US waivers, in a possible reference to Samsung and TSMC.


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Cocoa bean price in London started to decline in December 2019, as first estimates for the new season, (marketing year starting on 1st October) indicate higher output for 2019/20. Prices declined by almost 2% m-o-m but remain 5% higher than the level seen last year in December.
The ICCO (International Cocoa Organisation) forecast the new West African harvest to increase as Ghana’s and Ivory Coast output should continue to grow. The first export statistics from Ivory Coast shows a growing export pace y-o-y, with 446,000 tonnes exported between the 1st October and the 11th November - an increase of 6%. Similarly in Ghana, favourable weather conditions are likely to see a higher harvest in 2019/20 compared to the previous season, which was marked by the spread of diseases following higher than average precipitations during the fruit development stage.
The higher output forecast for 2019/20 is contrasting with the various African cocoa organisations’ aim to avoid lower global cocoa bean prices by implementing a cocoa bean production ceiling in West Africa. However, the lack of alternatives offered to cocoa farmers is likely to prevent lower cocoa bean output in the short-term.
Yet, the strong global demand, especially in Asia and in producing countries investing on their own processing industry, is expected to remain a key support driver of cocoa bean prices in the next few months and would offset the decline in prices due to high supply.


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Ogilvy PR has appointed Matt Buchanan as its new global head of consumer PR. In this new role for the agency, Buchanan will report to Ogilvy PR’s Global CEO Julianna Richter and will lead consumer brand communications globally – evolving the go-to-market strategy, driving innovation, enhancing capability and overseeing multi-market consumer brand business.
A 25-year brand communications veteran, Buchanan has run Ogilvy’s PR business in the UK since early 2019. He has more than two decades experience leading agencies specialising in consumer brand communication, spanning the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Prior to Ogilvy, Buchanan was the managing director of Havas’ award-winning agency One Green Bean, launching the agency into the London market in 2015 having run the Australian operation for four years prior.
“Consumer PR has been core to Ogilvy’s success, and it’s key to our future as brands seek to engage consumers through more innovative and creative solutions that are earned, social and data-driven,” said Julianna Richter, Global CEO, Ogilvy PR.
“Having successfully grown Ogilvy’s PR business in the UK by developing sophisticated, integrated communications programs, Matt is a natural choice to help us evolve our consumer brand offer globally. Matt is a modern, visionary global leader, a growth driver, and a talent magnet who will innovate and elevate the work we do for our clients.”
Buchanan’s global consumer experience is vast, ranging from CPG and Retail to Food & Beverage, Spirits, Technology, Digital Commerce and Health & Wellness. He has worked with leading international brands including Walgreens Boots Alliance, HSBC, Bacardi, Unilever and Coca-Cola. In addition to his agency and client leadership roles, Matt is a board member of the PRCA, a regular PR industry awards judge including PR Week and the Cannes Lions, and appears in the 2021 PR Week Power Book.
Buchanan commented: “As Ogilvy PR continues to transform under Julianna’s leadership, it’s the perfect time for me to take on a new challenge and help create the most innovative work, strongest client relationships and best-in-class creative communications across the globe. I’m so energised by the opportunity to drive our PR business forward globally and look forward to partnering with our teams to deliver great work that has true impact.”
In addition to his global role which takes effect from 1 July, Buchanan will move into an executive director role with the Ogilvy PR business in the UK, where he will continue to counsel clients and ensure a smooth transition with a new leader who will be announced in due course.
A new global report on the damaging effects of promoting fossil fuels has singled out Australia as being uniquely compromised by agencies lobbying for oil, gas and coal. The joint study by Australian organisations Comms Declare and Clean Creatives lists the 90 advertising, marketing and PR agencies that have hampered cuts to greenhouse gas emissions […]
Freedom Foods and 72andSunny Sydney have launched the first advertising campaign for Australia’s Own range of plant-based beverages. The campaign introduces a new visual world and identity for the brand and captures the healthy, positive feeling you get when spending time in nature and when consuming Australia’s Own certified-organic, plant-based beverages. As well as featuring […]
Nine creatives from APAC are among the 94 finalists from 27 countries in The One Club for Creativity’s prestigious Young Guns 19 competition, celebrating international creative professionals age 30 or younger. The finalists from APAC are: Hiu Ching Kung, graphic designer, Hong Kong Lam Ieong Kun, graphic designer, illustrator, indego design, Macau Raxenne Maniquiz, graphic designer, illustrator, Santa Maria (Philippines) Kiyotaka […]
OOH transit company Adflow has announced the success of the first phase of its regional expansion program. Adflow’s regional footprint has increased by 60 per cent to now include 65 regional locations. With 9.1 million people living regionally in Australia (growth of 1.1 per cent experienced in the 19/20 Financial year) and most regional centres […]
Freshworks, a leading software company, has started trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, marking an important milestone for the company. The company priced its IPO at US$36 per share (AU$49.76), raising about US$1 billion (AU$1.4B), resulting in a total market capitalisation of AU$13.7 billion (US$10B). Freshworks, which was founded in India, has strong roots […]
Black Friday Cyber Monday (BFCM) is the biggest player in the holiday shopping game and Google’s most recent research suggests consumer interest for the peak sales season starts much earlier than retailers may realise. The pandemic has fundamentally changed buyer behaviour over peak sales season, with Google suggesting that global consumer interest in Black Friday […]


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We are just a day away from the release of Rohit Shetty's cop actioner, Sooryavanshi starring Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh and Katrina Kaif, and there isn't any sign yet about the opening up of advance booking in the national multiplex chain. The exhibition sector and trade is restless with the development as the revenue sharing issue between the top three national chains – PVR, INOX and Cinepolis – and the distributor, Reliance Entertainment are yet to be resolved.
According to an insider, Reliance is demanding 60% revenue from the national chains in the first week, whereas the top three chains are not willing to give a penny more than 52.5%. "The national chains are of the opinion that giving more revenue to Sooryavanshi would mean setting an example for every film that's set to release this year. That aside, the exhibition sector is worst hit by pandemic, as unlike the producers, who make money from satellite, digital and music too, they have no other source of revenue. Hence, they are in no mood to compromise and sticking their guns to 52.5%. Reliance on the other hand is not willing to budge either and standing to their demand of 60% revenue share in opening week," an insider told Bollywood Hungama.
That's not all, the insider informs that Reliance Entertainment is demanding the same terms i.e. 60 percent revenue share for Kabir Khan's sport biopic, 83 starring Ranveer Singh too. "They don't want to go through the same tedious process of fighting the exhibitors again in December and hence, they are asking the national chains to sign a contract of 60% revenue share for both Sooryavanshi and 83. But obviously, the national chains have blatantly refused."
It's Thursday today, and with just a day more left for Sooryavanshi's release, the drama is expected to intensify further. One of the two stakeholders will make the first blink today and it remains to be seen, if it's Reliance or National Chains. But in this battle of two powerful forces, it's the film which is suffering the most at the moment.
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South Korea's trade with the Soviet Union is likely to soar to $2 billion in 1991, more than double the $889 million in 1990, said a report issued today by the Korea Institute for Economics and Technology.
The main reason for the expected gain, one official of the institute said, was Seoul's economic aid to Moscow.
The Soviet Union has said it will trade on the basis of cash, not barter, he said. South Korea pledged in January to grant $3 billion of economic aid in loans and trade credits to the Soviet Union.
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Austin, Texas-based LawnStarter, an on-demand platform for lawn care, is expanding its outdoor service lines to include pest control, landscaping, fertilization and tree care.
Edison Partners, a growth equity investor, invested $10.5 million to support LawnStarter’s expansion in these new business lines.
LawnStarter began by creating an easy way for consumers to order, manage and pay for lawn mowing using services provided by a network of insured service providers. The company reports that it currently operates in 120 U.S. markets.
“We’ve brought together vetted and fully insured professionals to give consumers the best possible experience,” says LawnStarter CEO and co-founder Steve Corcoran. “Consumers can easily schedule lawn care and other services using a mobile app, giving them an effortless way to manage the full spectrum of their outdoor home needs.”
Co-founder Ryan Farley says both indoor and outdoor pest control services are some of the most commonly requested among LawnStarter customers.
“The modern homeowner has come to expect everything on-demand without having to think about it,” says Farley. “We look to making pest control as easy as clicking a button. We’ll be piloting the service in a select number of cities, starting with Austin, Washington D.C. and Orlando, and will likely have one or two exclusive partners in each market.”
LawnStarter handles marketing, billing, scheduling and other back-office operations for their service providers. Additionally, LawnStarter’s algorithms use geolocation data to help businesses build route density.
Existing investor Lerer Hippeau is also participating in this new investment round, which builds on previous investments from Bull Creek Capital, Techstars, Cotter Cunningham and Gary Vaynerchuk.


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“The Sun is rising, and it is our time under the Sun. I hope we don’t miss the bus. I hope the message goes loud and clear to all startups not to lose this opportunity,” Goyal said while speaking at the curtain raiser event for the upcoming three-day Startup Mahakumbh event on March 18-20 at Bharat Mandapam.
Goyal said that the event will be a platform to showcase India’s success stories built over the last decade. It would also showcase to the world that “India has today emerged as a global leader.”
Organized by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom), Bootstrap Incubation & Advisory Foundation, TiE, and Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA), the first-of-its-kind event is expected to have participation from more than one thousand high-potential startups from India and the globe.
Key global and Indian stakeholders such as unicorn startups, global and domestic venture capitalists, corporates, and industry leaders will also participate.
“We are hoping to see more than one thousand startups, over one thousand investors, over five hundred incubators at the event. We have also invited 21 startup bridge countries to actively participate and engage with startups and inspire them during Startup Mahakumbh,” said Shri Sanjiv, joint secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
To assist in the growth of the startup world, the event also unveiled the Bharat Startup Ecosystem Registry, a single-platform database for startups, with the aim to unify “all stakeholders under a cohesive framework fostering seamless coordination and facilitating networking opportunities.”
“There is no better time to position India as the startup hub in the global map. We hope that March 18-20 will be quite historic. We will showcase hundreds of startups across states and districts, with an international touch. During Startup Mahakumbh, our efforts are to ensure focus on everything starting from B2B Software as a Service to pharmacy, agritech, and more,” said former KKR Chief Executive Officer and organising committee member of Startup Mahakumbh, Sanjay Nayar.
Said Prashanth Prakash, Partner, Accel: “Startup Mahakumbh will act as a platform that will bring real innovators together in front of founders and funders both who have succeeded and failed and learn from each other.”
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BEIJING (AP) — An industry group says China's auto sales rose 19.5 percent in the first two months of the year in a possible positive sign for an economic recovery.
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Monday that automakers sold 2.8 million cars in January and February. Total sales, including trucks and buses, rose 14.7 percent to 3.4 million vehicles.
That growth was an improvement over 2012's full-year rate of 7.1 percent for cars and 4.3 percent for vehicles overall.
Global automakers are looking to China to drive revenues amid weakness elsewhere. After a surge, the growth rate for auto sales cooled steadily last year due to an economic slump and ownership curbs imposed by some cities to control traffic and smog.
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Lead and Toys
By AM Northwest Staff
Well it's been all over the news, toys recalled because of high levels of lead.
But there's an even bigger lead threat here in the Northwest.
Earlier this week we reported on lead in toys and gave parents tips for buying safe toys this holiday season.
And while that threat is real, the more common one is lead paint in houses.
Lead was banned in paint in 1978 but there are still older homes in our area with lead paint on the walls, or layers of lead paint under new paint.
And while many people think that kids actually have to eat paint chips to be affected, that's not true, the problem is really kids breathing in lead dust.
Every time you open the window, paint flakes off.. and when you remodel or repaint, you can stir up all the lead dust.
We had KATU's consumer reporter, Shellie Bailey-Shah in the studio to tell us more.
For more information watch KATU tonight (Wednesday 11/7) at 5pm when they will discuss lead in other products and show you how you can test yourself.


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Made in Arizona: Brothers grow Kettle Heroes popcorn business while helping local communities
TEMPE, Ariz. - Two Arizona brothers have built a business centered around popcorn.
The popcorn, hand-seasoned in Tempe, comes in all different flavors.
"Everything is made in small batches," said Rudi Sinykin. "We really wanted to represent Arizona flavor, Southwest flavor."
Popcorn, which is easy for on the go, is the perfect snack.
"We had a small fleet of food trucks that we operated around the Valley."
Sinykin founded Kettle Heroes artisan popcorn with his brother, Aaron, in 2013.
"Kettle Heroes was kind of like a call to action to remind ourselves to be heroes and to be more selfless and give back to the community," said Sinykin.
Their food trucks have been seen at Arizona Cardinals games and farmers markets around the Valley.
"We were fortunate to be discovered by the Bashas family at the Gilbert Farmers Market, and they had asked us to create a packaged popcorn to sell in Bashas stores," said Sinykin.
Sinykin calls it their lucky break. From the food truck, to store shelves, getting their tasty and healthy popcorn to more people was always the goal.
"People of all ages really, once they taste kettle corn, a good kettle corn, it really changes their perception of what popcorn can taste like," said Sinykin.
There's a flavor for everyone, as the business features flavors like cinnamon sugar churros, kettle corn, prickly pear kettle corn, and hatch green chile cheddar. The company's offerings are non-GMO, gluten-free, nut free, and kosher.
In addition, there's also a popcorn offering that is flavored with Himalayan salt.
"Anybody that has a new years resolution that wants to lose weight, which I'm trying to do myself, the Zen is going to be our best option for that," said Sinykin.
The popcorn is all made fresh to order.
"As it comes out of the kettle over here, he's going to be adding any kind of seasoning to create the flavor that we're currently working on," said Sinykin. "Each batch is going to take about three to five minutes."
They package about 2,000 bags a day, and for the Sinykin brothers, the focus has always been supporting the local community first. Since 2013, Kettle Heroes has donated more than $30,000 to support different charities, including the Pat Tillman Foundation.
"For all of us to get better, we need to support each other, and it's through networking with other local companies, and that's how I think we all move forward," said Sinykin.
Kettle Heroes has come a long way since those food truck days.
"Film festivals, home loan mortgage companies, even Netflix ordered popcorn from us last year," said Sinykin.
Their goal is to continue growing, working into shops in other states, and expanding their customizable options.
"We know if we continue to focus on making an amazing product for people, we hope it will continue to grow into the future," said Sinykin.


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ASRock has had a partnership with the Fatal1ty brand for a while now. With the introduction of Intel’s Z97 chipset ASRock has released three Fatal1ty-branded motherboards, today we will be looking at the Fatal1ty Z97 Killer. Of course being Fatal1ty-branded we know that this board is going to cater to gamers. With that said it does offer gaming features like the Killer E2200 Intelligent Networking Platform, ASRock’s Gaming Armor which has loads of features, Purity Sound 2 audio, ASRock Key Master software and you even get a 3 month premium license of XSplit to stream and broadcast your gaming skills. Is this the next motherboard for you? Read on as we take a look...
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MOSCOW, August 20. /TASS/. Germany remains one of the main trade and economic partners of Russia in Europe and worldwide, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday before beginning talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Kremlin.
"I would like to note that Germany remains one of the main partners for us, both in Europe and in the world in general, among other things, thanks to your efforts as the federal chancellor during the previous 16 years. Country-wise, Germany for us is the second trade and economic partner following China. Despite the fact that in 2020 we had a rather serious downturn, now the trade turnaround has almost doubled over the first six months," Putin said.
The Russian president also noted the work of Russian-German bilateral mechanisms, groups and forums, including the Year of Germany in Russia dedicated to economic development. "We are constantly in touch over the phone," he added.
As the Kremlin press service reported earlier, the leaders of Russia and Germany are planning to discuss the state and prospects of bilateral cooperation in various spheres as well as review a number of pressing international and regional issues.


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Event organizer cites overwhelming complaints of cyber-bullying, harassment of female artists for decision
The organizer of the upcoming Patches and Pin Festival in Santa Ana banned a pin vendor from the festival, citing complaints from attendees.
“Attention vendors. Due to an overwhelming number of concerns, The Pin Pirate and Scallywag Supply will no longer be a vendor at this Saturday’s patch and pin festival,” an Instagram story shared Sunday on the Patches and Pins Expo Instagram account read.
The decision, announced by expo founder Ricky Flores, follows a week of complaints by other pin makers. They allege that Ryan Grey of The Pin Pirate and Scallywag Supply has taken part in cyberbullying, and cite concerns of safety at the expo.


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We recently reported that Cube had introduced an accessory “kit” allowing users to transform their tablets into a TV box. Well, Cube is in the news again, only this time it is about an actual tablet, rather than a kit.
Dubbed the U39GT, the 9-inch device boasts a quad-core processor along with a 1920 x 1280 pixel display. The price? $230 and up.
Key specs include a Rockchip RK3188 ARM Cortex-A9 quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, 5200mAh battery, HDMI output, a microSD card slot, a 5MP rear camera, and a 2MP front-facing camera.
A 10 point capacitive touchscren (PLS display with wide viewing angles), WiFi, Bluetooth and Miracast wireless display technology.
Oh, and yes, the device measures 0.35 inches thick and weighs just under 1.1 pounds.
“In other words, under the hood it’s a lot like the Cube U30GT2 tablet I revieweda few months ago,” noted Liliputing’s Brad Linder.
“It just has a smaller screen and less built-in storage. I was pretty impressed with the 10 inch Cube U30GT2′s performance (and price), but underwhelmed by its WiFi reception.”
The Cube U30GT2 is currently available on AliExpress for $230 and up.


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Airgas, Inc., has celebrated the opening of its new 20,000 square foot specialty gas facility in Tooele, Utah with a ribbon cutting ceremony and guided tours of the building.
The state-of-the-art facility will provide a critical link in the supply chain for high-purity and precision-blended specialty gases used in research and commercial laboratories, environmental monitoring, and manufacturing.
Patrick Dunlavy, Tooele City Mayor, and representatives from the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development, joined Airgas associates, including President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Molinini, and customers to celebrate the new facility.
Made possible in part by a post-performance Economic Development Tax Increment Finance (EDTIF) incentive awarded by the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development, the new facility will contribute to the economic vitality of the region by bringing 25 full-time jobs to Tooele County and strengthening the manufacturing industry within the state.
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